Hinter der grossen Armee : Ein Familienbriefwechsel /

Abstract

Exchange of letters 1812-1813 between Herz Weil and his wife Vogel; contains information on Jews in Napoleonic army, Jewish cattle dealers and rural Jewish life; German translation from original West Yiddish.Herz Weil from Otterstadt (Palatine) was a cattle dealer who joined the French army during the Napoleonic Wars. He moved to Elbing (Prussia) where he served as a slaughterer for the French army.Berthold Rosenthal (Liedolsheim/Baden 1875 - Omaha/USA 1975) was a teacher at the Jewish school in Mannheim and a historian of Baden Jewry. He immigrated to the USA in 1940 (ME 529).Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 438PalatinateElbingPrussiaProfessions and occupations; slaughterersBadenMannhei